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* As we’ve already discussed, the Illinois News Network is now called The Center Square. From the publisher…
When a reporter is on target within their beat, they’re said “to be hitting the center square.”
I asked several reporters if they’d ever heard of that saying and nobody has. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, but when I Googled “‘hitting the center square’ reporter” I only came up with one result, the column by its publisher.
The publication has burned through several different names over the past few years, so I’ve lately taken to lampooning it a bit, referring to the site as “that Center Square thingy,” “Circle gets the Center Square, “the artist formerly known as INN” etc.
But after about ten of these, I’m starting to run out of names. Friends and colleagues have chimed in with helpful suggestions, but I don’t have enough stockpiled to make it through the week and my brain is still a little fried from the session. So…
* The Question: Your own twist on The Center Square’s name?
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 12:54 pm
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Paul Lynd news
Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 12:57 pm
TASS: Illinois News Agency.
Also, I suspect everytime they completely destroy their own credibility, they re-brand to stay a step ahead of the mess they made for themselves.
A corporate-funded mouthpiece by any other name would still try to fool the masses.
Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 12:57 pm
Whoopi
Comment by Ok Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 12:59 pm
The Centralia Town Crier
(hat-tip to Proft)
Comment by Ok Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:00 pm
Circle gets the square.
Shadoe Stevens’ blog
Comment by Robert the Bruce Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:01 pm
They should change it to an unpronounceable logo with the tag, the publisher formerly known as the disgraced INN.
Comment by Chicago 20 Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:01 pm
Right of Fax
Comment by City Zen Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:02 pm
I got into journalism in 1974. Never heard of that term until now.
Comment by up2now Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:02 pm
===Circle gets the square.===
Already used that one.
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:03 pm
You’ve hit the “center square” if you’re to the right of Bruce Rauner and to the left of Attila the Hun.
I heard they wanted to go with “tronc” but Ferro still has the rights and he wanted $2 million and tickets to Britney Spears’ show in Vegas.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:03 pm
The T Square
Sponge Bob Square News
Square Are We
Journey to the Center of the Square
Square of the Dog
Comment by Unpopular Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:04 pm
The Squared Circle (wrasslin’ reference)
Comment by Father Ted Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:04 pm
Right of Center Square
Comment by A Well-Regulated Commenter Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:04 pm
===Journey to the Center of the Square ===
Used that one, too.
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:05 pm
The end of the Blue Line in Forest Park is “The Center for Loose Squares.”
There are usually three or four competing entrepreneurs there selling single cigarettes.
Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:09 pm
Each time they rebrand…. “Iron Light”, Tillman’s for profit PR firm, gets a cut. The “Center Square”, “Illinois News Network”, and other names are just the side projects and how non profit dollars get moved into for profit or used for other purposes. This happens nationally with “reporters” (who refuse to fact check or make corrections) who are shared within similar networks.
Comment by FakeNews Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:10 pm
Center Peg, Square Hole
Comment by A guy Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:11 pm
Nowhere Near the Center of the Square
Comment by Teacher Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:11 pm
Reporter Mill?
Comment by hulk logan Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:13 pm
Ain’t No Center Square Enough Baby
Comment by A Well-Regulated Commenter Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:14 pm
We will be circulating the IPI explanation to real journalism schools to see if anyone ever heard that nonsense
Meanwhile RBN — Ruth Buzzy News
Comment by Annonin' Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:14 pm
Round Peg in Square Center
Comment by Wensicia Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:14 pm
The Square at the Center of the Rainbow (happy Pride month btw)
The “Squarely in the Center of the far right” folks.
The “too Square to be in the Center of the fun” brigade. Bit of a stretch there. I wanna call them square as in boring somehow.
Comment by Perrid Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:16 pm
I appreciate their diversity in honoring Paul Lynde, he he he
Comment by 100 miles wedt Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:16 pm
Kidding on the Square
Center Squared
Squares of the Midway
The Mean of the Square
Unfair and Square
Comment by ChicagoVinny Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:18 pm
Radical Centering
Comment by union proud Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:19 pm
Centre Squaer
Middlemost Quadrangle
bingo board free space
Comment by hisgirlfriday Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:21 pm
Piazzale Loreto
Comment by Cheryl44 Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:24 pm
Hip to be (Center) Square
Square Central
R-squared
The Squarehouse
Comment by Stormfield Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:26 pm
Policywood Squares (like Hollywood Squares but fused with IPI)
Comment by Questioning Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:27 pm
Right Leaning Rhombus
Twice the News Area of Center Triangle
Center Circle without the Pi
Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:27 pm
The Center of Squares
Comment by Birdseed Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:29 pm
Just call it Bruce Vilanch.
Comment by Melido Perez Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:32 pm
L 7 weenie
Comment by Squints Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:33 pm
Our contributors grew up watching “Square Pegs” and “Square One Television.”
Comment by Leatherneck Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:34 pm
The Square Dealer
Comment by walker Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:35 pm
The Paul Lynde News Hour
Comment by Just Me Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:36 pm
Middle Rectangle
Comment by Anon E Moose Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:36 pm
“Not so Hollywood” Squares
Comment by I Miss Bentohs Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:37 pm
- Robert the Bruce - Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:01 pm:
Circle gets the square.
Shadoe Stevens’ blog
———-
Do they give random readers the opportunity to pick one of 7 keys that could start a brand-new car? Like in the late ’80s Hollywood Squares with Shadoe Stevens at center square.
Comment by Leatherneck Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:40 pm
A square is a person who’s out of touch and ‘core’ is a synonym for center.
So I guess it would be “core of ignorance?”
Comment by Stuff Happens Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:41 pm
Maybe square is the correct title for them. This is one of the meanings of square, “Square is often used to speak of a person who is regarded as dull, rigidly conventional, and out of touch with current trends.”
Comment by Downstate Dem Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:43 pm
Why play chess when you can play tic-tac-toe?
Comment by Stuff Happens Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:43 pm
Illinois News Square
The Good, The Center, and The Square
Squaring the Circle
Twelve Angry Squares
All Center on the Square Front
Comment by OutOfState Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:44 pm
United Center to the Madison Square Garden
Comment by Jose Abreu's Next Homerun Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:44 pm
Tiananmen
Comment by Angry Republican Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:44 pm
Off-Center Square
Be There or Be Center Square
Don’t Be a Center Square
The Illinois News Network Squared
E=MC^2 (Ex-INN equals Makeover x Center Squared)
Okay, now I’m just reaching.
Comment by IL4Life Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:46 pm
Times Square - as in all those on-line newspapers Proft created, Illinois Valley Times, Kendall County Times, Kankakee Times, etc.
Comment by Kate Cloonen Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:46 pm
First we must withdraw the Ruth Buzzi idea, because it does not appear she appeared, but the Urban Dictionary offer this provocative suggestions….
Top definition
Center Square
An adjective, the phrase refers to long-time comedian and actor Paul Lynde who occupied the center square in the long-running television show Hollywood Squares. The phrase is used to describe a person or thing that is flamboyantly gay.
See “Center Square Gay”.
Sometimes a perjorative as in a put-down of a person or thing.
Hipster slang heard in Hyde Park, Chicago; UW- Madison, Wisconsin and Washington, DC political circles.
“Mike’s dress is center square.”
“Can Mike be any more center square?”
“Did you hear that? It was so center square.”
#gay#homosexual#flamboyant#colorful#dazzling#elaborate#gaudy#showy#splashy#not serious#center square gay#straight#conservative#
by Pennlingo January 24, 2012
Comment by Annonin' Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:48 pm
Centrum Quadratum
Or, if you prefer Rauner’s favorite language…
Centro Quadrato
Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:53 pm
The “middle square” method is a flawed way of generating pseudorandom numbers.
In this context, is it flawed pseudorandom reporting?
Comment by Stuff Happens Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:56 pm
The (not so) Center Square
The Center Circ(ular firing squad)
Comment by JoeMaddon Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 1:59 pm
Right Angles
Comment by ChrisB Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:04 pm
Do-See-Do to the Center Square
Comment by Skeptic Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:06 pm
==When a reporter is on target within their beat, they’re said “to be hitting the center square.”==
I’ve never heard this phrase. I don’t believe “Center Square” is “spot on”. I’ve heard the other plenty
Comment by A guy Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:12 pm
Tic Tac Toe? Let’s play Global-Thermonuclear War.
Comment by Kippax Blue Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:13 pm
Would this be the “rubric’s cube?”
Comment by Stuff Happens Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:28 pm
The Square Root of the Center.
Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:28 pm
The Middle Parallelogram.
Comment by Three Dimensional Checkers Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:30 pm
Terror on the square.
Comment by Former Cadet Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:32 pm
la plaza central
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:32 pm
Back to Square One
Comment by Boone's is Back Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:33 pm
I’ve worked in several newsrooms in several states and never heard that expression before. Maybe a hyper-local expression?
Comment by No Dog in the Hunt Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:40 pm
Squaring the news to fit our central tenets
Comment by Jocko Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:41 pm
Seconding “The Squared Circle (wrasslin’ reference)”
Comment by Anon24 Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:45 pm
Center Cut - we cut to the bone of the story. Hat tip Raunie
Comment by Columbo Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:47 pm
Center of Madness
Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:49 pm
Sponge Center Square Pants
Comment by A guy Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:52 pm
Teeniemen Square
Comment by Iron Lady Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:52 pm
News providers to the SJR and Channel 20.
Comment by Leatherneck Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:58 pm
The Center Square Dance
Comment by Unpopular Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 3:01 pm
The Red Square…errrr… the Right News Now…the totally fair and balanced not at all conservative centrist news square, Inc.
Comment by AlienOverlord Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 3:04 pm
Right leaning parallelogram
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 3:04 pm
Vitruvian News Network
Comment by Jibba Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 3:04 pm
channeling Austin Powers:
“Oh besquare baby.”
Comment by don the legend Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 3:05 pm
“Hip to Be a Square” Sesame Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdcHzquaMh8
Comment by Enviro Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 3:12 pm
- Leatherneck - Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 2:58 pm:
News providers to the SJR and Channel 20.
——————–
At least we’re not on “Code Red” every night!
Comment by Leatherneck Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 3:16 pm
Fox News Illinois…
Comment by d. p. gumby Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 3:32 pm
the snore zone.
Comment by Amalia Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 3:57 pm
“Rose Marie to block”
Comment by argon Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 4:04 pm
Infowars
Comment by Try-4-Truth Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 4:12 pm
News Squared aka N2 or No News
Comment by RNUG Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 4:26 pm
News Cubed aka N3 Not Normal News
Comment by RNUG Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 4:28 pm
Squaring the Corners
Comment by RNUG Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 4:28 pm
Squaring the Fax
Comment by RNUG Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 4:31 pm
circular firing square
rent-a-center-and-a-party square
rauner square
square dance center
grifter square
center squawk
Comment by hisgirlfriday Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 4:41 pm
Koch News
Comment by Chicago 20 Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 4:52 pm
Four Square News
Recess News
Around the World News
Comment by ArchPundit Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 5:02 pm
Lie Squared
Comment by Naming Rights Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 5:10 pm
Distribution Skewed Right Square News
A bit stats oriented for most probably
Comment by ArchPundit Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 5:15 pm
Isn’t this the same name as one of mike foucher’s floundering efforts?
Comment by Shytown Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 5:38 pm
RT Illinois
Comment by Not a Billionaire Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 5:50 pm
Square Club for Men
Comment by McLincol Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 5:57 pm
The Paul Lynne Halloween Special was my introduction to KISS.
To the post: my guess is they googled synonyms for “Fair and Balanced”… it’s shocking to me a paid “information” outlet made up a phrase no legitimate journalist has ever heard.
Sin or Be Square
You Can’t Track Us News
Chameleon News Source
John Doe News
Comment by Vote Quimby Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 6:44 pm
Center THIS (pronounced “Center DIS” on the south side).
Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 7:34 pm
Pi are squared (cake are round)
Comment by notsosure Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 8:11 pm
None More Square
Comment by Barnaby Wilde Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 9:44 pm
The Baker’s Square Center for Central Square Reporting
Comment by A Young Person Wednesday, Jun 5, 19 @ 9:48 pm
Intellectually Naked News Network
Comment by Smitty Irving Thursday, Jun 6, 19 @ 7:25 am
The Wrong Square, Square of Lies, Central Pravda Square, etc.
Comment by revvedup Thursday, Jun 6, 19 @ 7:31 am
Squares, Damned Squares, and Centers
Comment by OutOfState Thursday, Jun 6, 19 @ 8:05 am
Zeroes Squared
Comment by Nuclear Bozo Thursday, Jun 6, 19 @ 9:13 am
The Loose Squares
Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Thursday, Jun 6, 19 @ 10:55 am